Noah
Noah sits at #2 in the United States right now, at or near its all-time peak. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 529,602 American children have carried it so far.
What Noah carries
Noah · Hebrew
“rest”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Noah’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Noah, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Noah since 1880
Noah peaked in 2024 at #2; #2 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Noah is most common
The state that gives Noah most often, per boys born there, is District of Columbia (2.3% in 2025); Rhode Island and Delaware are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Noah
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Noa
#226 in 2025 · Hebrew
Naomi
#47 in 2025 · Hebrew
Leah
#58 in 2025 · Hebrew
Isabella
#7 in 2025 · Hebrew
Levi
#12 in 2025 · Hebrew
Ezra
#20 in 2025 · Hebrew
Lia
#200 in 2025 · Hebrew
Santiago
#26 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Noah
How common is Noah today?
Noah sits at #2 in the United States right now, at or near its all-time peak. The full curve since 1880 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
What is the recorded meaning of Noah?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “rest”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Which names sit near Noah?
The recipe puts Noa first, then Leah, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
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